A Change Is Gonna Come

A Change Is Gonna Come - Charles "Gator" Moore

I was born by the river

In a little tent

Oh just like the river

I've been running

Ever since

It's been a long

Long time coming

But I know

Change is gonna come

Oh yes it will

It's been too hard living

But I'm afraid to die

'Cause I don't know

What's up there

Beyond the sky

It's been a long

Long time coming

But I know

Change is gonna come

Oh yes it will

I go to the movies

And I go downtown

Somebody keep telling me don't

Hang around

It's been a long

Long time coming

But I know

Change is gonna come

Oh yes it will

Then I go

To my brother

And I say brother

Help me please

But then he winds up

Knocking me

Back down on my knees

Oh

There's been times when I thought

I couldn't last for long

And now I know that

I'm able

To carry on

It's been a long

Long time coming

But I know

Change is gonna come

Oh yes it will